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comment by nothingleftinside
nothingleftinside  ·  2939 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: President Donald Trump.

I still don't completely buy it. The numbers don't add up. There is simply no evidence that these voters are any more economically disadvantaged than the rest of society- the opposite is true in fact. There is only one common thread between them all- intense fear of immigrants and distrust of institutions. All of the problems you described apply to urbanites just as much. In fact, urban unemployment is worse. The whole thing is a myth.